Bertha Lorinda WICKHAM ^{1 3}

  General Notes:

PHOTO: submitted by Marty Greenlief

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-1996:
Groom's Name: John Wesley Smith
Groom's Birth Date: 1867
Groom's Age: 29
Bride's Name: Bertha L. Wickham
Bride's Birth Date: 1873
Bride's Age: 23
Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1896
Marriage Place: Iowa, United States
Groom's Father's Name: L. H. Smith
Groom's Mother's Name: Lettia Robertson
Bride's Father's Name: "Wenfeild" Wickham
Bride's Mother's Name: Mary Hartwell
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10048-2
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1034940
Reference Number: p 203

1900 IL CENSUS, Lake Co, Deerfield Twp, Highland Park: Wesley Smith Feb 1867, 33, married 4 yrs, b. MO, father b. MO, mother b. TN, electrician; wife Bertha Aug. 1874, 25, married 4 yrs, 2 children, 2 living, b. IA parents b. OH; son Lyle Jan. 1897, 3, b. IL, father b. MO, mother b. IA; son Marcie Feb. 1899, 1, b. IL, father b. MO, mother b. IA.

1910 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Bertha Smith, 36, wd, b. IA, servant, rents house; son Lyle, 13, b. IL; son Marcie, 11, b. IL; dau. Ethel, 4, b. WA. Father of children was b. MO. (Bertha's sister Dora and husband Harry Greenlief were listed on same census page)

1920 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Lyle W. Smith, 22, single, head, b. IL, farmer; mother Bertha L., 45, wd, b. IA; brother Marcis L, 20, b. IL, carpenter; sister Ethal A., 13, b. WA.

1925 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co: Bertha Smith and daughter Ethel were living with Bertha's father W. S. Wickham.

1930 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Clay Twp: Bertha Smith, head, 56, wd, rent $5, b. IA, not employed; son Lyle Smith, 33, single, b. IL, laborer, street construction.

Bertha married John Wesley SMITH, son of L. H. SMITH and Lettie ROBERTSON, on 22 Jan 1896 in Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA.^{1 2} (John Wesley SMITH was born on 12 Feb 1867 in MO,⁴ died on 17 Aug 1906 in Seattle, King Co, WA ⁴ and was buried in Steamboat Rock Cem, Steamboat Rock, Hardin Co, IA ⁴.)